December 8th 90th Birthday Party for Great Grandma Donna in Macomb Illinois

No trip to Macomb is complete without visiting Uncle Randy's huge mower

shop. Here Hudson tries out a new zero-turn model.

Aidan looks good on this big tractor.

Hudson on a more conventional riding mower with a leaf attachment.

Hudson and Caleb discuss the tire situation with cousin Mason.

 Caleb is geeked about this one!

 Aidan is going to do it the old fashioned way.

 Lots of rider tires to play with.

Hudson gest in on the tire act.

 And Aidan, too. 

Caleb had to try getting inside the tires.

 Aidan tried to hide inside some tires. 

Uncle Randy and his cat "Mower" who runs the shop.

 Grandma Carol and Uncle Randy celebrated their birthdays, too.

 Auntie Colleen loves her new niece Madelyn.

Natalie, Colleen, and their Grandma Donna

The Kendrick family at the birthday party.

The whole gang who attended the 90th birthday party.

 The four boy cousins play Mario-Cart on grandpa's Wii.

 All the kids played candy Bingo with Uncle Andy after lunch.

 Caleb holds a helium balloon.

 Aidan at the party.

 Mr. Congeniality

Celebrating with great grandma. 

 The boy cousins clowning at great grandma's church.

 

 



2013 Thanksgiving at the Illinois Farm

As usual, the Kendrick part of the family met at the family farm in Ford County Illinois for

Thanksgiving. We drove up from Atlanta and mom and dad and the Armstrongs drove

down from Michigan.

The picture bench looks full.........

We stayed at a motel in Champaign. Here is grandma with all her grandkids. Our new cousin

Madelyn was a good traveler at two months.

 Thanksgiving day we ate at the Cracker Barrel. Here the

three cousins played with the light sabers in the store.

 Aunt Colleen got plenty of girl-baby time.

Back at the motel grandpa gets the four boys to make faces in the mirror.

Mason shows Aidan, Caleb, and Hudson a video on grandma's phone.

 We had Thanksgiving up at the farm with the extended family on Saturday. Here grandma and

Caleb chill.

The (great) aunts had plenty of boys to tease. Aidan was outnumbered.

Daddy got teased by all for his upcoming birthday.

Here he has a card and black duct tape.

There were three baby cousins at the farm - (left to right) Madelyn, Nathan, and Natalie.



Grandpa and Grandma Visit The Minions Halloween Week

 Grandma Carol hangs out with the three boys at "The Brick Store" restaurant.

 Outside "Wild Oats and Billy Goats" folk art

consignment store. Hudson liked the gas tank pigs.

 Hudson helped Grandpa Dave cook apples.

 We used Jonathan apples from Great Grandpa Ted's

orchard and made six batches of applesauce.

 It was hat day at Intown school.

 Aidan's hat was a monkey and banana. Caleb had a lot

of the props from the book "Give a Moose a Muffin".

 Daddy made a giant white ribbon web for the big

spider that lit up and moved. Aidan helped carve

the owl pumpkin he is holding.

Here is Caleb in his minion costume that grandma

made. The boys just loved the minions in the movie

"Despicable Me". 

 Doing minion things......

 More...

 Still.....

 Again.......

 All the minions.

 

With Doctor Nefario.

Grandma Carol going to the Halloween block party with

the smallest minion.

 Block party costumes:

Painting pumpkins at fundraiser for Springbrook Community Gardens park in the neighborhood.